Celebrity diplomacy: United Nations' goodwill ambassadors and messengers of peace

Celebrity Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-18

  Wheeler, Mark ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celebrity diplomacy; Celebrity performance; Messengers of Peace; Political aesthetics; UN Goodwill Ambassadors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956085109     PISSN: 19392397     EISSN: 19392400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19392397.2011.543267     Document Type: Article

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